joanne emerson from missouri took a position after being reelected with her largest campaign donor. that raised a lot of eyebrows century has not lost. she just decided she did not want to serve any longer. heath shuler also took a job with duke energy and it is likely that even if they don't actively register as lobbyists, they will probably engage in lobbying activity. host: let's go to bedford, mass., independent. caller: recently, "frontline" and expos eye on the banking industry receiving money from drug cartels. they were subsequently fined. when this money gets tracked and gets into the hands of our elected officials through campaign contributions, is there any provision that the public can support in terms of calling this treason? it seems the only way this whole phenomenon is going to stop that is destroying our democracy is to have stronger penalties. guest: that is an interesting question. penalties are something that is not often given by many of these organizations overseeing campaign finance or lobbying. the have been cases and there are fairly substantial fines when t